Last nights episode was quite slow, IMO. Although the Jon Snow storyline has gotten very interesting in the last couple episodes. Last nights execution by Snow was the exact opposite than Daenarys last week. Daenarys was looking away and had someone else do her bidding, looked very weak, IMO compared to Snow.

Which I liked because they are finally showing how terrible of a ruler she was in the books. I'm not a fan of the Daenarys worship that the fan base seemed to have forced the show to turn towards.

As a non book reader who has took it up the behind from Martin too many times, this season is building up the Starks again only to see them get destroyed again.
Jon's honor is going get him beheaded. Arya keeps needle and will pay for it somehow in the end.
Sansa still sounds like a whiny little brat.

As a non book reader who has took it up the behind from Martin too many times, this season is building up the Starks again only to see them get destroyed again.
Jon's honor is going get him beheaded. Arya keeps needle and will pay for it somehow in the end.
Sansa still sounds like a whiny little brat.

Nah, the setup is that the Starks (John and Bran) have moved beyond the petty bull**** of Westeros and are doing actual **** that matters to the salvation of man. Except Aria who's story of angst in the show is as boring and stupid as in the books.

It's the same storyline as the books though. There's been nothing forced about it.

The storyline is the same, yes. But IMO until literally just with the beheading, she has been portrayed as way more competent than she actually was in the books. I think a lot of that had to do with the fan worship of her. Sort of like how the writers turned Jaime much more "good" than he became in the books.

The storyline is the same, yes. But IMO until literally just with the beheading, she has been portrayed as way more competent than she actually was in the books. I think a lot of that had to do with the fan worship of her. Sort of like how the writers turned Jaime much more "good" than he became in the books.

See, I disagree on both scores. The Redemption of Jamie Lannister is one of the finest literary achievements in American fiction over the last 20 years.

The show runners and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau have done a good job of bringing that redemption story to the screen.

And Danny certainly undergoes growing pains, more so in the books. But her character arc is the same in both formats.

Nah, the setup is that the Starks (John and Bran) have moved beyond the petty bull**** of Westeros and are doing actual **** that matters to the salvation of man. Except Aria who's story of angst in the show is as boring and stupid as in the books.

Martin and the show keep Arya around for something grand down the road though. If anything the books aren't known for a slow build to nothing. I would love to see her become a badass assassin that gets revenge on all the remaining names.

Martin and the show keep Arya around for something grand down the road though. If anything the books aren't known for a slow build to nothing. I would love to see her become a badass assassin that gets revenge on all the remaining names.

And reunite with Nymeria!

Who am I kidding, it's George RR, he'll probably have her kill Nymeria herself.

Martin and the show keep Arya around for something grand down the road though. If anything the books aren't known for a slow build to nothing. I would love to see her become a badass assassin that gets revenge on all the remaining names.

Lol. The books, to date, have about 15 story lines going that have been slow builds to nothing. There are way more ends dangling than he's ever going to be able to wrap up cleanly.